Located just steps from the Mississippi River, the independent venue owned by Howie Kaplan has transformed itself into a local hub for free meals for those devastated by the hurricane
The Howlin’ Wolf Music Club in New Orleans is stepping up to help the community after Hurricane Ida tore through the city.
"There wasn’t a grand plan to start the program," says Kaplan, who estimates they supplied 3,000 meals on Wednesday and another 4,000-5,000 meals Thursday."Monday morning we came in, we had a few drinks because we survived a hurricane, and we recognized right then and there that something was going on but we didn’t understand the magnitude of it.
The Howlin’ Wolf’s ability to assist New Orleans so quickly comes from months of practice during the pandemic. When COVID-19 shut down the nation in March of 2020, the venue and The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic launched Meals for Musicians that took in food donations to help feed the city’s cultural workers, hospitality workers, and first responders during the pandemic. Since its inception, Meals for Musicians has donated 50,000 meals to New Orleans residents.
The venue already had a Rolodex of volunteers to call in and local restaurants also provided staff to help prepare the food on Howlin’ Wolf’s two outdoor grills and smoker. Howlin’ Wolf’s kitchen doors open for easily ventilation and distribution out the back. Kaplan adds that in his 21 years of owning the venue it has never been damage other than minor flooding.
Kaplan says the venue will miss out on this week of shows, but is grateful the group he manages – the Grammy-winning
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